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UET 5, 0043 (P414947)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 5, 0043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414947 |
| Museum no. | UM 52-30-058 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na] {d}suen-be-el-[ap-lim] | to Sîn-bēl-aplim |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-dingir-ma | thus Sîn-ilum: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,#-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | a-nu-um-ma s,u2-ha-re-e# | Herewith, ṣuharû |
| 6 | a-na mi-im-ma s,i#-bu-tim | for anything of interest |
| 7 | asz-ta-ap-ra-am | I wrote to you. |
| 8 | _1/2(disz) ma-na 7(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1/2 mina 7 shekels of silver |
| 9 | an-ni-a-am i-di-isz-szu#-nu#-szi-im-ma | this he gave to them, and |
| 10 | s,i-bu-ti li-pu#-[szu] | may they perform extispicy. |
| 11 | szum-ma i-na ki-it-im | If in the truth |
| 12 | a-hi at-ta | you, my brother |
| 13 | la ta-ka-la#-szu#-nu-ti | Do not hold them back! |
| 14 | _ku3-babbar_ i-di-isz-szu-nu-[szi-im] | silver he gave to them |
| 15 | asz-szum-i-ka _ku3-babbar_ u2-[pa-qi2]-da#-szu-nu-szi-im | Because of you, I have entrusted to them silver. |
| 16 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-[ma] | thus I: |
| 17 | lu _1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar#_ [lu _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar?_] | or 1 mina of silver or 1 shekel of silver |
| 18 | {disz}{d}suen-be#-[el-ap-lim] | Sîn-bel-aplim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-la i-ka-al-la-szu!-nu-[ti] | he will not hold them back |
Sources & licences
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